Civic Memorial’s David Lane, right, runs with the ball as he is chased by Marquette’s Jayce Maag in Friday night’s season opener in Bethalto. CM won the game 30-0.

Civic Memorial’s David Lane, right, runs with the ball as he is chased by Marquette’s Jayce Maag in Friday night’s season opener in Bethalto. CM won the game 30-0.

Photo: Billy Hurst | For The Telegraph

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NEW LOOK, FAMILIAR RESULT: CM hit the ground running in win over Explorers

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BETHALTO — Mike Parmentier had a to-do list heading into Friday’s season opener against Marquette Catholic. So did Explorers coach Darrell Angleton.

Parmentier’s list is a little shorter this week, but still will occupy plenty of his attention. For Angleton, the list now includes helping his team learn - and then get over - a 30-0 defeat.

“I was a little disappointed in our letdown in the second half,” Angleton said. “But this is definitely something that we can recover from.”

The teams were scoreless at halftime.

“We kind of hit ‘em up at halftime,” said Parmentier of his halftime talk to the Eagles. “If our guys thought all they had to do was show up and crush (Marquette), they found out different.

“Marquette is a good football team. We played much better in the second half. We needed to.”

While the win was the third straight over Marquette for the Eagles, it was Parmentier’s first victory as a head coach since 2013. That year, he led Staunton to the Class 2A state championship game.

“It felt good to be on the sideline again,” said Parmentier, who moved the CM following that 2013 season and served as an assistant to former CM coach Justin Winslow.

With a new coach also came a new look to the Eagles offense. A more run-oriented approach was on display at Hauser Field. And Parmentier thought it looked just fine - thanks in part to a domination of the line of scrimmage by CM.

“We had chances in the first half,” Parmentier said, ” but we got the running game going in the second half.”

The Eagles amassed 290 yards rushing, led by the one-two punch of Corey Price and Camryn Gerhardt.

Price led the way with 102 yards and a touchdown, while Gerhardt added 91 yards and a touchdown. Rikki Lafferty had 48 yards and David Lane added 30.

Creating holes for the CM runners was a massive offensive line led by the Deckard triplets - Andrew (6-foot-1, 320 pounds), Curtis (6-4, 310) and Brandon (6-1, 280), along with Eli Jones (6-4, 230) and Cody Reynolds (6-2, 280).

“Our (offensive) line came out and got more physical in the second half,” Parmentier said.

Angleton acknowledged that the size of the CM linemen weighed heavily on the result.

“You’re not going to see lines any bigger than that,” Angleton said.

CM quarterback Brayden Pierce was 3 of 14 through the air for 46 yards. In recent seasons, the Eagles have displayed more aerial fireworks, but with the ground attack so effective, it wasn’t needed. CM’s Lane has all three receptions.

And then there were the four Marquette turnovers.

“The turnovers were tough,” Angleton said.

The Eagles’ Lane picked off a pair of Brady McAfee passes, Nick Newell had one and Elijah Jones had a fumble recovery deep at his own 14-yard line, which stopped a Marquette drive late in the first half

The Explorers, who play host to Breese Mater Dei Saturday, were led by junior D’Avion Peebles, who ran for 53 yards on 14 carries, with 42 of those yards coming in the first half.

CM will play host to Salem Friday, while Marquette will entertain Breese Mater Dei Saturday.